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Basque pelota (Basque: pilota, Spanish: pelota vasca, French: pelote basque) is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (frontis or fronton) or, more traditionally, with two teams face to face separated by a line on the ground or a net.
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone (Spanish: La pelota vasca: la piel contra la piedra; Basque: Euskal pilota: larrua harriaren kontra) is a 2003 Spanish documentary film written and directed by Julio Medem.
The International Federation of Basque Pelota (Spanish: Federación Internacional de Pelota Vasca (FIPV), Basque: Euskal Pilotaren Nazioarteko Federakuntza) is the worldwide governing body for Basque pelota, recognized by the International Olympic Committee. [1]
La pelota vasca — 2003 political documentary about the Basque County, by Julio Medem Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pelota vasca .
Basque pelota fronton diagram 1: Side wall; 2: Front wall; 3:Ground; 4: Perspective view (lower and upper zones in blue). There are two main types of frontons, the first one being the single-wall fronton, prevalent on the eastern Basque Country, while two-wall frontons are typically located in present-day Basque Autonomous Community, a large part of Navarre, and La Rioja.
The Federación Española de Pelota (English: Spanish Federation of Basque pelota) is the main governing body of Basque pelota in Spain and one of the most important in the world along with the International Federation of Basque Pelota. As of 2023, the federation has 326 registered clubs and 9,939 federated pelota players.
Event Gold Silver Bronze Hand-pelota (individual): Sánchez: Ducassou: López Hand-pelota (pairs): Maiz, Luquin: Larralde, Ducassou: Moreno, Mundo Paleta goma (men's ...
The Basque Pelota World Championships is a quadrennial tournament first organized in 1952 by the International Federation of Basque Pelota. The modern championships crown the best amateur players in fifteen different playing categories.